[Verse]
D C
Thirty miles out in the Gulf Stream
G D
I can hear them South winds moan
D C
The bridges are lookin' lower
G D
Shrimp boats are hurryin' home
D C
The old man down in the quarter
G D
Slowly turned his head
D C
He took another shot of whiskey
G D
He looked at me and he said
[Chorus]
D C
I was born in the rain by the Ponchartrain
G D
Underneath that Louisiana Moon
D C
And I don't mind the strain of a hurricane
G A
Yeah she comes 'round every June
D C
That high black water, she's the devils daughter
G D
She's hard and she's cold, and she's mean
D C
But nobody's taught her that it takes a lot of water
G D
To wash away New Orleans
[Verse]
D C
A man came down from Chicago
G D
Gonna set that levee right
D C
He says it's got to be three feet higher
G D
Or it won't make it through the night
D C
The old man down in the quarter
G D
Said don't you listen to that boy
D C
The water'll down by mornin', son
G D
And he'll be on his way to Illinois
[Chorus]
D C
I was born in the rain by the Ponchartrain
G D
Underneath that Louisiana Moon
D C
And I don't mind the strain of a hurricane
G A
Yeah she comes 'round every June
D C
That high black water, she's the devils daughter
G D
She's hard and she's cold, and she's mean
D C
But nobody's taught her that it takes a lot of water
G D
To wash away New Orleans
[Chorus]
D C
I was born in the rain by the Ponchartrain
G D
Underneath that Louisiana Moon
D C
And I don't mind the strain of a hurricane
G A
Yeah she comes 'round every June
D C
That high black water, she's the devils daughter
G D
She's hard and she's cold, and she's mean
D C
Yeah we finally taught her that it takes a lot of water
G D
To wash away New Orleans
